Around 5:30 p.m., a woman called police after she said she was hit in the leg by a firecracker. She said she was walking on Pearl Street near the Framingham Public Library when a truck drove by and the passenger threw a firecracker at her. She was not injured, but she got the truck’s license plate.

“One of the officers recognized the vehicle and remembered seeing it on several occasions in the Cedar Street area and drove over there to check it out,” said Pereira. “He saw a male (Andres Aristizabel) holding a lit Roman candle in his hands and shooting it straight into the air.”

The elder Aristizabal was standing in front of a pickup truck that matched the one where the firecracker was thrown from. The officer spoke to the driver, Diego Aristizabel, who did not have a license.

“Inside the vehicle, in plain view in both the front and rear passenger areas were several fireworks,” Pereira said.

The officer noticed there were Roman candles, Jumping Jacks, M-98s and other fireworks inside the truck. Police arrested both brothers and then found two oxycodone pills inside the truck, which was registered to Andres Aristizabel.

Police charged Andres Aristizabel, of 252 Cochituate Road, with the illegal possession of fireworks, possession of oxycodone without a prescription and disturbing the peace.

Police charged Diego Aristizabel, of 10 North Bow St., with the illegal possession of fireworks and driving without a license.

Andres and Diego Aristizabel were released without bail after their Framingham District Court arraignments on Friday. They are both due back in court on Aug. 31 for a pretrial conference.

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